Hey everyone, it is Louise, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, tender ricotta meatballs/meatloaf. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
We don't have it a lot around our house, because these days it's just the two of us and the dog. That was a lot of meat loaf. Let's see if I can keep it going.
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To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook tender ricotta meatballs/meatloaf using 11 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Tender Ricotta Meatballs/Meatloaf:
- Prepare 2 tbsp Olive oil
- Make ready 2 lb Meat. i use a mixture of veal, and lean ground beef
- Prepare 1 cup ricotta
- Take 1/2 cup grated parmesan
- Take 4 eggs
- Make ready 1/2 cup of tomatoe sauce of your choice
- Get 1 salt & pepper to taste.
- Take 1/2 large red or yellow onion, or one whole small onion
- Make ready 2/3 cup tomatoe paste, use to spread on the outside halfway through cooking if making meatloaf only.
- Get 1 large shredded or finely dice carrot
- Make ready 8 8+ cloves of garlic, depends on your liking i usually do 10.
Cut the loaf crosswise in the pan or on a cutting board, in slices as thick as you like. Serve on warm dinner plates, topped with a spoonful or two of sauce, and pass more sauce at the table (or, for family-style serving, arrange the slices on a warm. The best way to do this is with your hands, so if the meats are brought almost to room temp, it will be easier and not quite such a shock to tender fingers. Carefully place the rest of the meatloaf mix around and over the top of the ricotta.
Steps to make Tender Ricotta Meatballs/Meatloaf:
- Preheat oven to 350
- Heat oil, sauteed garlic until golden, be sure not to burn. Transfer to plate, and mash to render flavor while cooking. . Add onion, Saute until clear. Add carrots cook until soft
- In a big mixing bowl combine meats with sauteed veggies, eggs, parsley, garlic, tomatoe sauce, cheeses, and season with salt & pepper don't overwork the meat, just mix until blended.
- Shape into meatballs, or if making meatloaf, shape into a loaf.
- If making meatballs, and sauce place in sauce upon simmering point. To bake roll into meatballs, bake for 20-30 mins. Test after 20 mins. For meat loaf cook until internal temp is 160, usually takes an hour. If you wish to use tomatoe paste on meatloaf, coat after 30 mins.
It's meat wrapped in meat, what's not to love? With so many delicious meatloaf recipes to choose from, it's The key to any great recipe for meatloaf or meatballs is a combination of meats. In this recipe I I then add ricotta cheese to the meatloaf to give it an extra creamy texture. The ricotta turns traditional meatballs into very tender and tasty spheres of excellence that are also nice and light with a wonderful texture. They're easy to prepare and require only a handful of ingredients.
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